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About Chris Fresle
Chris Fresle is the founder of Just Us, an Australian private messaging app designed to prevent image-based abuse. The app uses facial recognition and object detection to stop messages and images from being screenshotted, forwarded or photographed on another device, and pairs a free tier with a paid premium subscription.
He started the company after watching a John Oliver segment on image-based abuse. As a non-technical founder, he built the product with a development team in Vietnam and has used partnerships with survivor-led creators to reach younger users. About six weeks after launch the app had several hundred users, with patents pending in several countries.
On Pick My Brain with Alan Jones, he talked about building a privacy product without a technical background and the investor scepticism he met in Australia.
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Key moments from The App Built to Stop Image-Based Abuse | Chris Fresle from Just Us.
- 3:00The Journey to Creating Just Us
- 6:02Building a Trustworthy Team
- 8:55Navigating Skepticism in the Startup World
- 12:00Monetization and User Engagement Strategies
- 15:07User Feedback and App Development
- 17:58Marketing and Influencer Partnerships
- 20:50Protecting Intellectual Property
- 23:56The Vision for Just Us
- 27:14Passion for Change and Helping Others
Just Us on Day One
Just Us (styled JUSTUS) is an Australian private messaging app for iOS and Android.
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